Trump Lies That He Was Denied Jury Trial In New York

Mediaite reports:

Contrary to Trump’s complaint that he was “not even allowed” to have a jury, he absolutely did have the power to demand a jury trial, if only his attorneys had checked a single box on the front page of a standard New York court document.

In a civil case, the parties all have the right to request a jury; the only reason a trial would proceed without one is if both sides decline to demand one.

Here, the prosecutors declined to so in their Notice for Trial, as seen in the screenshot of a section of the first page, by checking the box next to “Trial without jury.”

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